Contentious plans for a nine-storey block of flats opposite Falconwood station have been recommended for approval by Greenwich Council officers, despite hundreds of objections. The development at Shepherds Leas, between the A2 and Rochester Way and next to the woodland of the same name, would include 70 flats, all on offer at about 65 per […]
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Greenwich’s pubs and clubs ‘need more help to get through pandemic’
Greenwich Council should follow its neighbouring boroughs in offering special support for pubs and clubs to get through the pandemic, a Conservative councillor says. Independent pubs in Bexley have been able to get up to £14,000 over four months to help them through the winter lockdown closures. A similar scheme has operated in Bromley, offering […]
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Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley to get rapid coronavirus testing kits
Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley are among the boroughs who will be receiving lateral flow tests for coronavirus, which can deliver results within 15 minutes, the government has confirmed today. Health secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the three authorities were among the 66 areas across England that will each receive 10,000 kits. Bromley, Southwark, Lambeth, Tower Hamlets […]
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Revive Gallions Reach and Belvedere river crossings, Bexley Council demands
Bexley Council has backed a call to bring forward new Thames road crossings at Gallions Reach and Belvedere, four years after the plans were dropped by London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan. A road crossing at Gallions Reach, between Thamesmead and Beckton, has been talked about in one form or another for decades; and Khan’s Conservative […]
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Bexley Labour members raise £6,000 for half-term meals after council refuses to step in
A push by Bexley Labour party members to raise funds to provide the borough’s hungry schoolchildren with free meals over the half-term break has blown through the £6,000-mark in just three days. The Feed Bexley Kids campaign is the latest local initiative stepping in after the government turned down a motion to extend free school meals into […]
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Bring Thameslink to Belvedere and Erith, Bexley Council leader says
Bexley Council has asked Thameslink to stop its trains at Belvedere and Erith stations to provide a much-needed boost to public transport in the area. The north-south rail link began running on the Greenwich and North Kent lines two years ago – but skips stops at Woolwich Dockyard, Belvedere and Erith on its route between […]
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TfL cash crisis: Action needed to save DLR to Thamesmead, Greenwich councillor says
Greenwich Council’s cabinet member for transport has called for “concrete action” to secure the future of a Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead, which is in doubt because of Transport for London’s financial crisis. Sizwe James, who represents Thamesmead Moorings on the council, also accused the government of playing “political football” with TfL’s finances, which […]
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All children’s centres could go as Bexley Council faces huge coronavirus cuts
All Bexley Council’s children’s centres could be closed as town hall chiefs try to pay off the cost of steering the borough through the coronavirus pandemic. The Conservative council needs to save £14 million over the next two years, its senior councillors heard last night. David Leaf, Bexley’s cabinet member for resources, said he was […]
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